Achievements and planned development of UNEP's regional seas programme and comparable programmes sponsored by other bodies : Meeting of Government experts on regional marine programmes Nairobi, 18 - 22 January 1982.

This document has been prepared by the secretariat with the assistance of a consultant (J. Portman) whose contribution is gratefully acknowledged.|An annotated outline of the document was available to the third inter - agency meeting on regional seas (Geneva, 14 - 18 September 1981).|Comments during and subsequent to that meeting from United Nations and other international and regional organizations were taken into account in the preparation of the present text. This does not, however, imply that the contents have been approved by these organizations.